Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I basically would like the car that was advertised to me which is the one that can do 491km at 118wh/100km from 100% to 0%.

Mine cannot do this without going below 0% which means it is not as advertised and I should be able to get a refund or replacement.

This is a case of false advertising on a €50k+ purchase and I am not one bit happy with it!

This "missing" range makes it harder to plan longer journeys since the Tesla navigation is working off the battery % so means it recommends a charge sooner than required or in some cases recommends one when it shouldn't be required at all.

You were never getting those figures regardless and if you went by any brands official numbers and decided to wait for one to be accurate you’d be on a push bike since none are achievable.

There is an issue here because of the buffer but you unfortunately can’t rely on wltp to be accurate on any vehicle.

Its not the best way to approach it imo since everyone does it so there isn’t a leg to stand on. Arguing the buffer and how it affects trip calcs is a far better way.

Personally I won’t let this bother me too much but understand that people aren’t happy about it. I might make a call to them to say I’m not particularly happy that cars with the same battery are allowing a larger range to zero. As I say though I’ll not be getting worked up over it.

491km range is calculated off a 57.5kwh usable pack at a consumption rate of 117 wh/km so to say that is not achievable is simply not true. It is. Very much so; both mathematically and in real world given the right driving pattern.

What is NOT achievable is 491km at a consumption rate of 117 wh/km off a usable battery of 52kWh. Its mathematically impossible yet this is what has been hard coded to the in-car settings.

I feel like I need to do a video presentation on this for people to actually understand the issue lol

Simple math. I could get 100 wh/km under the right conditions. However under wltp testing the tesla m3 lfp 60kwh pack with a usable battery of 57.5kWh achieved a consumption rating of 117 wh/km. Giving it a wltp range rating of 491km.

The 491km when converted to epa is circa 439km which the car displays.

However when u change the usable battery but leave the range rating the same unfortuanly the mathematical equation no longer works.

A * B no longer equals C because you have changed the value or B but left C the same .

But yet they use a usable figure in all background calcs. Funny that.

I noticed that, too. Since the last update the Auto High Beams are on by default when you start the car (not just when you switch on AP

Is there a way to switch this off by default? I forget to do it every now and again until I accidentally blind oncoming traffic or a poor pedestrian.

Haha I think most of the "ignorance" on this thread came towards me when I initially raised the issue. I was completely shot down on multiple occasions and was certainly condescended to as a newbie who didn't know much.

People getting their feelings hurt now because they find it hard to admit I was right and that even though I had only owened the car for a week, I had the common sense to know something was not right.

And judging by 90% of the replies, eh no, this matter is not understood well at all.

I'm sorry if me being right is hard to listen to and feels ignorant.

Classic example of not understanding whats being said and more shouting down. Of course the car can do 491km if u drive it at 117 wh/km which could be done Sunday driving under the right circumstances.

So it certainly can be done, maybe not in the real world but it's perfectly possible.

Sure didn't we have someone on here a while back telling me he can get 105 wh/km out of the car! When trying to argue against me.

When it's suits a narrative it seems like People can flip and argue both sides.

"Ah sure just ask for a refund if u don't like it"